The Wireless Revolution and the Classroom

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The Wireless Revolution and the Classroom

• Stan MosjichCarl ChapekBruce MoonMarlon
  NanceMaurice Williams

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Benefits

• Wiring needs reduced
• Teachers take ownership of the technology
• Collaborative groups and project-based learning
  are facilitated
• Students feel empowered as they have
  responsibility
• Technology integration is more easily facilitated
  Enables students to take technology into the
  field (especially great for natural science!)
• Infrastructure cost reduced
• Greater flexibility than with fixed lab

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Resources on Wireless Computing

• Laptops in the K-12 Classroom, ERIC Digest
• Mobile Computing , Berrien County Schools (An
  extensive collection of links!)
• Apple Mobile Labs
• Dell Computing case studies
• South Dakotas Wireless Networking Overview

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Application

• Wireless facilitates science physical and life
  science experiment using probeware
• ability to graph as data is collected
• Hypotheses can be created and tested on the spot
• Data can be collected in the field
• Data can be more easily analyzed
• Critical thinking is facilitated more easily with
  graphic representations

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Probeware and CBL Suppliers

• Computer/CalculatorBased Laboratory and Probe
  Suppliers
• Imagiworks (Palm)
• PASCO Probeware company (located in ROSEVILLE!)
• TI- Calculator-Based Laboratory
• Vernier (probes usable with most systems)